Vereda La Esperanza v. Colombia

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This case is about the abduction, forcible disappearance and killing of several civilians in and around the village of Vereda Le Esperanza by members of the military and para-military forces deployed to hunt for members of the Ejército de Liberación Nacional, a guerrilla group. The State admitted responsibility and the Court found the State in violation of several articles of the American Convention and ordered reparations for most victims.

Case Summary: Vereda La Esperanza v. Colombia, Case Summary

Year

2017

Country

Topics

Forced Disappearances

Violations Against The Inter-American Convention On Human Rights

Article 3 Right to Juridical Personality

Article 4 Right to Life

Article 4(1) Prohibition of Arbitrary Deprivation of Life

Article 5(1) Right to Physical, Mental, and Moral Integrity

Article 5(2) Prohibition of Torture, and Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment

Article 7 Right to Personal Liberty

Article 8(1) Right to a Hearing Within Reasonable Time by a Competent and Independent Tribunal

Article 11(2) Prohibition of Arbitrary Interference with Private Life, Family, Home, Correspondence, and of Unlawful Attacks on Honor and Dignity

Article 21 Right to Property

Article 25 Right to Judicial Protection

Did the State Accept International Responsibility?

Did the State Raise Preliminary Objections?

Judges

Caldas, Robert F.

Mac-Gregor Poisot, Eduardo Ferrer

Odio Benito, Elizabeth

Pazmino Freire, L. Patricio

Raul Zaffaroni, Eugenio

Vio Grossi, Eduardo

Separate Opinions

Poisot, Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor

Reparations

Erect a Monument in Memory of the Victims in a Public Ceremony in the Presence of the Next of Kin

Investigate, Prosecute, and Punish Those Responsible

Locate the Victim or Exhume, Identify, and Return the Victim's Remains

Provide Monetary Damages or Costs and Expenses

Psychological Care to Rehabilitate the Victim's Next of Kin

Publicly Acknowledge International Responsibility

Publish the Judgment

Case Summary

Yes